HMD Global, which makes and markets Nokia-branded phones, on Tuesday announced partnership with consultancy firm CGI and Google Cloud to move and store phone activation and performance data at the Google Cloud Region in Hamina, Finland.

HMD Global, the company that owns the right to manufacture and sell Nokia-branded handsets globally, has sent out invites for the launch of next Nokia smartphone in India — which is expected to be its flagship smartphone Nokia 9 PureView.

HMD Global, the company that owns the right to manufacture and sell Nokia-branded handsets globally, has announced price cut for three of its budget smartphones -- Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 2.1 and Nokia 1.

The company said that “no personally identifiable information” was shared with any third party. “All affected devices have received this fix and nearly all devices have already installed it,” the company said.

After PSU banks, the government is likely to infuse capital in two chronically ill telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, and the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on 4G spectrum allocation to them by the third week of the current month after DoT places the note before it for consideration.

At a high-level meeting at the PMO late Tuesday, it was also decided that the two telcos will frame a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to reduce their employee strength, which will be followed by a reduction in the retirement age to 58.